NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, India’s Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin and Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal are a few of the biggest off-spinners to have ever performed the sport of cricket however former India opener Gautam Gambhir feels legendary spin wizard Saqlain Mushtaq was a category aside and in line with the previous India opener Pakistani is the best off-spinner.
Gambhir, who over a 13-year-long worldwide profession got here throughout many spin maestros, mentioned that the best way Mushtaq’s deliveries got here off-the-wicket, it made life very troublesome for the batters.
Mentioning that Mushtaq was the one who launched ‘doosra’ to the world, Gambhir mentioned the Pakistan spinner was one thing completely different at his peak.
“Mera maanna hai Saqlain Mushtaq se behtar off spinner nahi huye. Maine Muralitharan ko bahut khela hai, maine Saeed Ajmal bhi khela hai, maine Harbhajan Singh aur Ashwin bhi, lekin Saqlain Mushtaq apni peak par was completely different. Jaise Saqlain Mushtaq ka ball off the wicket nikalta tha, aur doosra agar kisi ne introduce kiya hai toh vo Saqlain Mushtaq.(I believe no person was higher than Saqlain Mushtaq. I performed Muralitharan rather a lot and batted towards Saeed Ajmal, Harbhajan Singh, and Ashwin as nicely, however at his peak, Mushtaq was completely different. He was the one who launched Doosra),” mentioned Gautam Gambhir on a Star Sports activities present.
“Us time par kitne aise off spinners the jo final 10 overs mein bowling kar sakte the. Log kehte the ki predominant spin achi khelta hoon lekin predominant Saqlain Mushtaq ko England ke tour par gaye the toh Saqlain Mushtaq ko khela. Us time vo bilkul unfit the par tab bhi unke hath se jaisa ball nikal raha tha, mera maanna hai ki peak par Saqlain Mushtaq se bada off spinner mujhe nahi lagta ki world cricket mein koi hua hai. (What number of spinners had been there at the moment who used to bowl within the final 10 overs? Individuals say that I play spin bowling nicely, however after I went on the England tour and performed Saqlain Mushtaq, At the moment, he was completely unfit, however nonetheless, the best way the ball was popping out of his hand, I don’t assume there was any higher off spinner than him at his peak),” he added.
Within the 49 Checks that Mushtaq represented Pakistan, he picked up 208 wickets. Within the ODIs, the legend had 288 wickets in 169 video games.
Gambhir, who over a 13-year-long worldwide profession got here throughout many spin maestros, mentioned that the best way Mushtaq’s deliveries got here off-the-wicket, it made life very troublesome for the batters.
Mentioning that Mushtaq was the one who launched ‘doosra’ to the world, Gambhir mentioned the Pakistan spinner was one thing completely different at his peak.
“Mera maanna hai Saqlain Mushtaq se behtar off spinner nahi huye. Maine Muralitharan ko bahut khela hai, maine Saeed Ajmal bhi khela hai, maine Harbhajan Singh aur Ashwin bhi, lekin Saqlain Mushtaq apni peak par was completely different. Jaise Saqlain Mushtaq ka ball off the wicket nikalta tha, aur doosra agar kisi ne introduce kiya hai toh vo Saqlain Mushtaq.(I believe no person was higher than Saqlain Mushtaq. I performed Muralitharan rather a lot and batted towards Saeed Ajmal, Harbhajan Singh, and Ashwin as nicely, however at his peak, Mushtaq was completely different. He was the one who launched Doosra),” mentioned Gautam Gambhir on a Star Sports activities present.
“Us time par kitne aise off spinners the jo final 10 overs mein bowling kar sakte the. Log kehte the ki predominant spin achi khelta hoon lekin predominant Saqlain Mushtaq ko England ke tour par gaye the toh Saqlain Mushtaq ko khela. Us time vo bilkul unfit the par tab bhi unke hath se jaisa ball nikal raha tha, mera maanna hai ki peak par Saqlain Mushtaq se bada off spinner mujhe nahi lagta ki world cricket mein koi hua hai. (What number of spinners had been there at the moment who used to bowl within the final 10 overs? Individuals say that I play spin bowling nicely, however after I went on the England tour and performed Saqlain Mushtaq, At the moment, he was completely unfit, however nonetheless, the best way the ball was popping out of his hand, I don’t assume there was any higher off spinner than him at his peak),” he added.
Within the 49 Checks that Mushtaq represented Pakistan, he picked up 208 wickets. Within the ODIs, the legend had 288 wickets in 169 video games.
